Cloud Engineer - Azure & AWS | IaC, Security, Cost

Soni; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 84,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Soni is partnering with a client to hire a Cloud Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and managing secure, scalable cloud infra across Azure and AWS. The role emphasizes monitoring, DR/HA, cost governance, and automation with Terraform, involving collaboration with IT, security, and development teams.

The ideal candidate has 6–8 years in IT with 4–6 years in cloud administration, and holds related certs. Compensation up to $140,000 annually, with on-site Dallas work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent).
• 6–8 years in IT with 4–6 years Azure/AWS administration.
• Strong experience with cloud architecture, deployment and ops.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform or IaC tools.
• Scripting experience (PowerShell, Python, Bash).
• Familiarity with Datadog or cloud-native monitors.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving and communication.
• Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams.
• Azure Solutions Architect or AWS Solutions Architect certs are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor cloud environments for performance, availability, security and compliance.
• Design and implement backup, DR, HA and failover strategies.
• Optimize resources, configurations and policies for governance and cost.
• Support cloud migrations from on-premises to Azure and AWS.
• Serve as SME for cloud architecture, ops, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with developers, network, security and IT teams.
• Develop and maintain documentation for cloud architecture and standards.
• Support IaC automation, primarily Terraform.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Performance monitoring

Cost optimization

Troubleshooting

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Datadog

PowerShell

Python

Bash

AWS CLI

Azure CLI

Job description

Soni is partnering with a client to hire a Cloud Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and managing secure, scalable cloud infra across Azure and AWS. The role emphasizes monitoring, DR/HA, cost governance, and automation with Terraform, involving collaboration with IT, security, and development teams.

The ideal candidate has 6–8 years in IT with 4–6 years in cloud administration, and holds related certs. Compensation up to $140,000 annually, with on-site Dallas work.